The Narrative War: Media and Social Media

Traditional media consists of centralised communication channels such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio and billboards, where professional gatekeepers (editors, publishers) control content in a one-way model from sender to a largely passive mass audience. Social media comprises internet-based platforms that let users create, share and interact with content in virtual communities, a many-to-many model enabling real-time, two-way engagement, with platforms like Instagram and X as the familiar examples.

Both are a double-edged sword for internal security. The same megaphone that carries voter-awareness campaigns and exposes corruption can broadcast tactical details during a terror siege; the same network that crowdsources flood rescue can radicalise a teenager in a week. This article maps the positive roles, the threat vectors, and the regulatory architecture that tries to keep the balance.

Traditional media: the gatekept megaphone

The media's constructive role in internal security is easy to underestimate because it is indirect: a well-informed citizenry is itself a security asset. Eight positive functions are conventionally listed.

• Information dissemination: informing citizens about policies, elections and public issues so choices are informed; election coverage of manifestos and candidates is the classic case.
• Wide reach and credibility: newspapers, radio and television remain trusted sources with deep urban-rural penetration; Doordarshan channels clocked over 6 billion cumulative viewership in 2021, reaching more than 680 million viewers (I&B Ministry, December 2021).
• Regional and cultural integration: promoting regional languages, local issues and cultural identity; Anandabazar Patrika, Dinakaran, Sun TV and Asianet are the textbook examples.
• Accountability and transparency: the watchdog function, exposing corruption and misuse of power; the 2G spectrum, Adarsh Housing and coal-allocation scams entered public reckoning through journalism.
• Platform for public discourse: facilitating debate on political, social and economic questions; the nationwide discussions on GST and demonetisation are recent markers.
• Awareness and education: educating citizens on health, environment, rights and civic duties; voter-awareness campaigns measurably lift electoral participation.
• Empowerment of marginalised groups: amplifying the voices of women, Dalits, tribals and other vulnerable sections; coverage of the #MeToo movement encouraged reporting of harassment.
• Strengthening democracy: enhancing citizen participation, government scrutiny and democratic governance through informed engagement.

Where the media becomes a security challenge

The same properties that make media powerful make it dangerous when the incentives tilt toward sensation. Nine challenges are standard in the literature.

• Sensationalism and panic creation: irresponsible reporting spreads fear and can compromise live operations; the live coverage of the 2008 Mumbai attacks is the canonical warning.
• Media trials: premature judgments prejudice investigations and weaken faith in justice; the Sushant Singh Rajput case coverage is the cited example.
• Paid news: financially influenced reporting distorts facts and undermines democratic processes; paid-news cases surfaced in the 2008 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.
• Amplification of terrorism: excessive coverage hands terrorist groups publicity and psychological gains.
• Fake news and disinformation: false narratives trigger communal tensions, mob violence and social unrest.
• Polarisation: biased reporting deepens religious, caste, regional and ideological divisions.
• Erosion of institutional trust: misinformation reduces confidence in the government, judiciary, armed forces and electoral institutions.
• Echo chambers and radicalisation: algorithm-driven content reinforces biases and nudges users toward extremism.
• Information warfare: hostile actors exploit media ecosystems to spread fake narratives and destabilise society.

The deeper pathologies are commercial and professional. A 24/7 ratings war rewards breaking news over verified news, blurring fact, opinion and speculation. Distorted strategic analysis follows when channels lean on commentators without current intelligence, and hectoring anchors stifle real debate. Operational risks arise from publishing unauthorised disclosures or leaks without verifying substance, compromising sensitive operations. And social and communal disruption follows when a weak fact-checking culture lets fake news flame communal tensions.

How the state regulates the media

Regulation in India starts from the Constitution and fans out across statutes. Article 19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression, while Article 19(2) permits reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency, morality, contempt of court, defamation and incitement to an offence. Every media law below must satisfy that test.

• Press Council of India (1979): a statutory watchdog that can warn, censure or disapprove unethical journalistic practices in the print press.
• Cable Television Networks Act, 1995: its Programme Code prohibits content promoting violence, communal disharmony or threats to national security.
• IT Rules, 2021: regulate digital news, OTT platforms and social media; enable emergency content blocking and traceability in security-related cases.
• Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Section 54): penalises dissemination of false information or rumours that cause panic during disasters.
• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: criminalises secessionist propaganda, communal hatred, fake news and acts disturbing public order.
• UAPA, 1967: prohibits support, promotion or facilitation of terrorist activities and banned organisations.
• Official Secrets Act, 1923: restricts publication of classified defence, military and strategic information.
• Cinematograph Act, 1952: denies certification to films threatening sovereignty, security, public order or foreign relations.

Social media: the many-to-many battlefield

If traditional media is a megaphone, social media is a million megaphones pointed at each other. Its positive security roles are real and growing.

• Information sharing: during the COVID-19 second wave, citizens used social media to verify hospital beds, oxygen supplies and emergency contacts, facilitating timely assistance.
• Community engagement: the Delhi Traffic Police uses social media for traffic updates and road-safety education.
• Democratic participation: youth mobilisation around unemployment and examination irregularities shows the organising power.
• Direct citizen-government interface: former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's use of X to assist Indians abroad in emergencies set the template.
• Crowd-sourced intelligence and crisis management: during floods and earthquakes, social media carries rescue coordination and missing-person alerts.
• Countering fake news: the PIB Fact Check unit regularly identifies and counters fake news circulating online.
• Open-source intelligence: agencies mine public posts for sentiment, planned protests and emerging threats; the NIA tracked and dismantled ISIS-K modules using Telegram surveillance.
• De-escalation: police social-media cells counter rumours instantly; Delhi Police handles actively debunked inflammatory rumours during the 2020 riots.

For the security establishment, the double edge is operational. The same platforms that radicalise also inform: open-source intelligence drawn from public posts helps agencies track planned protests and emerging threats, while rapid official communication during crises can prevent panic. The policy problem is therefore not whether to engage with social media, but how to maximise its intelligence and communication value while minimising its weaponisation.

Social media as a threat vector

The threat side is where the mains marks live. The standard threat table runs as follows.

Communication networks sit underneath all of this: the internet, mobile networks, social media and the dark web have become the central nervous system of modern society, and state and non-state actors exploit them to threaten sovereignty, integrity and social harmony. Terror syndicates have used Voice over Internet Protocol and illicit satellite phones for untraceable real-time communication (cross-border handlers directed the 26/11 attackers over VoIP), while narco-terror cartels now coordinate GPS-guided drone drops over Punjab through end-to-end encrypted apps like Signal.

Why curbing misuse is hard: the encryption and jurisdiction walls

Regulators face six structural difficulties, and each maps to a standard mains point.

• The privacy-versus-security dilemma: end-to-end encryption means only sender and receiver can read a message, so law enforcement cannot intercept terror plots in real time; demanding backdoors or traceability breaks the cryptographic foundations of privacy, producing a permanent standoff between states and platforms.
• Anonymity and identity obfuscation: VPNs, onion routing (Tor) and proxy servers hide physical locations, while burner profiles and bot accounts let one actor simulate mass sentiment or push fake news anonymously.
• Jurisdictional and borderless hurdles: crucial electronic evidence sits on servers abroad under foreign privacy laws, and mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) requests routinely take months or years, stalling time-sensitive investigations.
• Resource and infrastructure gaps: digital forensic laboratories drown in seized media, creating multi-year backlogs, while criminals adopt AI deepfakes and automated malware faster than police training and procurement can follow.
• The speed-to-scale problem: disinformation spreads through algorithmic amplification faster than verification teams can counter it.
• Whack-a-mole deficits: when agencies ban a malicious website, forum or channel, replicas appear within minutes under a different domain or name.

The traceability demand illustrates the wall most sharply. The IT Rules, 2021 require significant intermediaries to identify the first originator of a message in serious offences, but platforms argue this breaks end-to-end encryption for everyone. The judiciary's shadow falls across the whole debate: ever since Shreya Singhal (2015) struck down Section 66A, courts have insisted that restrictions on online speech be narrow, certain and proportionate, which is why blunt instruments keep failing the Article 19(2) test.

The institutional and regulatory response

The response combines law, institutions and technology. The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 are the centrepiece: they mandate social-media platforms to remove unlawful content, appoint grievance officers, acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days, and they oblige significant social-media intermediaries (platforms with over 5 million users) to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, a Nodal Contact Person and a Resident Grievance Officer, with removal of content within 36 hours of a court or government order. The rules also cover digital news and OTT platforms and enable emergency blocking and traceability in security cases.

• Section 66D, IT Act, 2000: punishes cheating by personation through computer resources with up to 3 years' imprisonment and a Rs 1 lakh fine.
• Section 69A, IT Act, 2000: the blocking power used to ban nearly 300 apps, including TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser and WeChat, on national-security grounds.
• PIB Fact Check Unit (2019): verifies and debunks fake or misleading information about government policies and schemes through suo motu action; it played a visible role during Operation Sindoor.
• SAHYOG portal: the MHA's coordination platform linking police, intelligence units and social-media platforms for blocking and takedown action during crises.
• Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995: regulates cable content and advertising against objectionable or unlawful material.
• AI-based early warning: deploying AI tools within I4C and CERT-In to detect deepfakes, viral disinformation and coordinated campaigns in real time.
• Algorithmic audits: mandating transparency so recommendation algorithms do not amplify harmful content for engagement.
• Data localisation and sovereignty: leveraging the DPDP Act to prevent foreign misuse of citizens' data for radicalisation and influence operations.

One cautionary tale belongs in every answer. In 2023, amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 empowered a government Fact Check Unit to flag online content about government business as fake and require intermediaries to take it down. The Bombay High Court struck the amendment down in 2024 (the Kunal Kamra case) as violating Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g): the episode is the standard illustration of the regulation-versus-free-speech tension, and a reminder that every restriction must pass the Article 19(2) proportionality test.

Parliament has noticed the gaps too. The Standing Committee on ICT has recommended mandatory fact-checking mechanisms and internal ombudsmen to oversee editorial content, higher fines with media-house accountability for editorial failures, a complaint portal with an independent monitoring body inside the Press Council of India, and even licensing norms for AI-generated content creators: a reform menu that future questions may well ask you to evaluate.

The way forward

• Strengthen media regulation: empower independent regulators with stronger enforcement powers and penalties for repeated violations, while keeping restrictions transparent and proportionate.
• Institutionalise crisis SOPs: mandate delayed broadcasts and official briefings during terror incidents and security operations so coverage cannot aid the attacker.
• Use AI against disinformation: deploy AI tools to detect fake news, deepfakes and online radicalisation in real time.
• Build 24x7 fact-checking networks: integrated central and state hubs that rapidly counter rumours and misinformation.
• Deepen public-private cooperation: coordinate government agencies, digital platforms and telecom operators while safeguarding privacy.
• Promote digital literacy: teach citizens to verify information, identify deepfakes and avoid sharing harmful content; mandatory media-literacy programmes in educational institutions.
• Strengthen cyber forensics: integrate cyber-forensic and legal expertise for effective investigation and prosecution of misinformation offences.
• Impose financial disincentives: demonetise fake-news websites and penalise coordinated foreign bot networks.
• Adopt transparent editorial standards: voluntary certification for digital news portals with strict source-verification and correction protocols.

UPSC and this topic: PYQ weightage

How the Commission has asked this topic: the media and social-media theme sits at the intersection of cyber security and internal security, and the questions cluster around disinformation, non-state-actor misuse, and the regulatory response.

• 2026: how fake news and disinformation threaten internal security and public order in the Indian context, and the salient features of the amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (10 marks).
• 2016: use of the internet and social media by non-state actors for subversive activities, how they were misused in the recent past, and effective guidelines to curb the threat.
• Cross-cutting: the 2015 Digital Armed Forces question, the 2021 cross-border cyber-attacks question and the 2022 cyber-security-elements question all admit social-media angles; expect disinformation, deepfakes and platform regulation to recur.

Social media versus social networking: the textbook distinction

The two terms are not synonyms, and examiners reward the distinction. Social media is the content layer: platforms for creating, publishing and sharing content. Social networking is the relationship layer: platforms for building and maintaining connections. The comparison below keeps the selection and arrangement of the standard taxonomy.

Media's security dividend: the positive register

The positive register belongs in every balanced answer. Media aids intelligence gathering through open-source monitoring of extremist content; enables citizen engagement with policing, as city police forces operate on social platforms; supports data mining for early warning on flash mobs and separatist mobilisation; and powers crisis communication that counters panic faster than rumour. The same infrastructure that carries disinformation also carries the state's counter-narrative, which is why de-radicalisation messaging and public alerting are counted as media's security functions.

Fake news: the definition and its anatomy

Fake news is "deliberately fabricated or misleading information spread with the intent to deceive, harm, or manipulate public opinion." Its anatomy has five standard causes: political and profit motives that reward fabrication; TRP-driven sensationalism; unregulated forwarding on encrypted apps like WhatsApp, where lynch mobs have been mobilised by rumour; digital illiteracy and confirmation bias, which made anti-vaccine myths travel; and algorithmic amplification that rewards outrage. The Indian legal toolkit holds the Press Council of India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's oversight, takedown under the IT Act and the Intermediary Guidelines, and defamation and contempt law, all balanced against Article 19(1)(a) safeguards.

Deepfakes: synthetic media and the liar's dividend

A deepfake is synthetic audio, video or imagery generated by machine-learning models, notably generative adversarial networks, that convincingly impersonates a real person; the technique surfaced publicly around 2017. India has no dedicated deepfake law: existing provisions of the IT Act, 2000 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 apply, and MeitY issued advisories to platforms in 2023 reminding them of their due-diligence duties. The security concern is the liar's dividend: once convincing fakes circulate, genuine evidence can be dismissed as fake, eroding the shared information environment that democratic decision-making and crisis communication depend on. Mains answers should stress policy responses over technology: media and digital literacy, platform accountability, fact-checking networks, and the campaign ethic of "pause, think, share."

Algorithmic radicalisation and the filter bubble

Algorithmic radicalisation is the process by which users are nudged towards extreme ideologies through personalised recommendations: the platform's engagement-maximising feed becomes a radicalisation pipeline. Its building blocks are the echo chamber and the filter bubble, closed information environments where users encounter only confirming views, hardening polarisation. The mains comparators are regulatory: the EU's Digital Services Act (2023) with systemic-risk duties for large platforms, Germany's NetzDG with rapid-removal timelines, and the UK's Online Safety Act. India's answers sit in the IT Rules, 2021 and the proposed Digital India legislation, with algorithmic audits, localised content moderation and digital literacy as the way forward.

Information warfare in modern conflicts

Information warfare is "the strategic use of information, media, and digital platforms to shape perceptions, influence public opinion, and achieve political or military objectives through propaganda, misinformation, and psychological manipulation." Its five standard features are the cognitive domain, narrative control, speed and virality, emotional and psychological appeal, and the blurring of truth and falsehood through tools like deepfakes. In international relations it produces narrative dominance, diplomatic perception management and information diplomacy, while eroding trust in media itself.

For India the challenges are threefold. Rumours on WhatsApp travel faster than official clarifications; low digital literacy makes lynching-by-rumour a recurring tragedy; and a fragmented regional-linguistic media landscape complicates any single national narrative, all under the constitutional constraint of free speech. The policy answer taking shape is a National Information Warfare Strategy: faster crisis communication, diplomat capacity-building for the information space, structured collaboration with platforms and fact-checkers, and mass digital literacy.

Media regulation compared

Regulation in India is instrument-by-instrument rather than one single media law. The comparison below is the revision table for the article's earlier section on how the state regulates the media.

Key Terms

• Traditional media: Traditional media comprises newspapers, television, radio and cinema, operating through editorial gatekeeping and broadcast regulation. For internal security it is both a force multiplier for awareness and a risk when sensationalism aids terrorists or panics the public. Regulation flows from the Press Council, the Cable TV Act and Article 19(2). Example: Television coverage shaping public response during 26/11.
• Social media: Social media comprises interactive platforms like X, WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram where users create and share content. For internal security it is a double-edged sword: a tool for crisis communication and intelligence, and a vector for radicalisation, disinformation and terror coordination. The IT Rules, 2021 govern intermediaries. Example: WhatsApp rumours triggering mob violence.
• Article 19(1)(a): Article 19(1)(a) guarantees all citizens the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, the constitutional basis of press freedom in India. It matters because every media regulation must survive its test. Example: The constitutional foundation of press freedom.
• Article 19(2): Article 19(2) lists the reasonable restrictions on free speech, including sovereignty, security of the state, public order, decency and defamation. It matters because it is the constitutional hook for blocking content, banning publications and regulating the press. Example: The basis for blocking websites under Section 69A.
• Press Council of India (1979): The Press Council of India, re-established in 1979 under the Press Council Act, 1978, is the statutory watchdog for print-media ethics and press freedom. It can censure but not punish. It matters as the self-regulatory ideal for the press, distinct from government control. Example: The Council's adjudications on paid news complaints.
• Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995: The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 regulates cable TV through registration, programme codes and advertising codes, with powers to prohibit offending transmissions. It matters as the statutory basis for action against channels airing inflammatory or anti-national content. Example: Bans on channels violating the programme code.
• IT Rules, 2021: The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 impose due-diligence, grievance-redressal and content-takedown obligations on social-media intermediaries and digital news publishers. The 2023 Fact Check Unit amendment was stayed by the courts. They matter as the main regulatory lever over online speech. Example: Takedown orders issued to intermediaries under the Rules.
• Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Section 54): Section 54 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 punishes false alarms and warnings about disasters. Invoked against fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic, it matters as a tool against panic-inducing disinformation in emergencies. Example: Cases against COVID-era fake news under Section 54.
• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is the law that replaced the Indian Penal Code of 1860 from 1 July 2024. It reorganises offences, introduces terrorism as a defined offence under Section 113, and adds community service as punishment. It matters for internal security because terror, organised crime and mob lynching now have dedicated statutory definitions. Example: Section 113 defining terrorist acts, replacing IPC provisions.
• Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 is India's principal anti-terror law, criminalising terrorist acts, terrorist organisations and support to them. The 2019 amendment allows designation of individuals, not just organisations, as terrorists. It matters because almost every major terror prosecution, from Kashmir militancy to urban modules, runs through UAPA. Example: Designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist under the 2019 amendment.
• Official Secrets Act, 1923: The Official Secrets Act, 1923 is a colonial-era law that criminalises espionage and the unauthorised communication of secret official information, including wrongful disclosure by government servants and entry into prohibited places. Retained after independence, it has often been invoked against journalists and officials handling classified material. It matters for UPSC because it underlies recurring GS-2 and GS-4 questions on transparency, the RTI Act and the balance between national security and press freedom.
• Cinematograph Act, 1952: The Cinematograph Act, 1952 governs film certification through the CBFC and penalises uncertified exhibition. It matters for internal security insofar as films touching on communal or separatist themes pass through certification. Example: CBFC certification of films on sensitive subjects.
• Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015): Shreya Singhal v. Union of India is the 2015 Supreme Court judgment that struck down Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutional for vagueness and overbreadth. It upheld Section 69A blocking with safeguards. It matters as the foundational precedent balancing free speech and online regulation. Example: The ruling that voided Section 66A.
• Section 66D, IT Act, 2000: Section 66D of the IT Act, 2000 punishes cheating by personation using a computer resource. It is the standard provision against phishing, fake profiles and online impersonation fraud. Example: Prosecution for phishing with fake bank websites.
• Section 69A, IT Act, 2000: Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 empowers the government to block public access to online content on grounds like sovereignty and public order, following a committee process. Upheld in Shreya Singhal with procedural safeguards, it is the legal basis for website and app bans. Example: Blocking of Chinese apps under Section 69A.
• PIB Fact Check Unit (2019): The PIB Fact Check Unit, set up in 2019 under the Press Information Bureau, debunks fake news about the government on social media. A 2023 amendment making its fact-checks binding on intermediaries was stayed by the courts. It matters as the state's institutional response to disinformation. Example: PIBFactCheck rebuttals of viral misinformation.
• SAHYOG portal: SAHYOG is the MHA's portal for authorised agencies to issue takedown and blocking requests to intermediaries in a standardised, auditable workflow. It matters because it institutionalises content-blocking, replacing ad hoc emails with a tracked process. Example: Blocking requests routed through the SAHYOG portal.
• Standing Committee on ICT: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology is the Lok Sabha committee that examines the working of MeitY and the Department of Telecommunications, including cyber security and media regulation. Its reports shape legislative scrutiny of digital policy. Example: Committee reports on data protection and cyber security.
• Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021: Notified on 25 February 2021 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Information Technology Act, 2000, the IT Rules, 2021 replaced the 2011 rules and for the first time brought digital news publishers and OTT platforms under regulation alongside social media intermediaries. They impose due diligence obligations on intermediaries, extra duties on significant social media intermediaries (chief compliance officer, grievance officer resident in India, monthly compliance reports), traceability of first originators, and a Code of Ethics with a three-tier grievance redressal mechanism for digital media including age-based content classification. Example: OTT platforms must classify content into age categories (U, U/A 7+, U/A 13+, U/A 16+, A) and display prominent content descriptors, while significant social media intermediaries must acknowledge and resolve user complaints within prescribed timelines..
• Section 69A: Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 empowers the government to block public access to online content on grounds like sovereignty and public order, following a committee process. Upheld in Shreya Singhal with procedural safeguards, it is the legal basis for website and app bans. Example: Blocking of Chinese apps under Section 69A.
• Section 79: Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 gives intermediaries safe harbour from liability for third-party content, provided they observe due diligence. It matters because the entire intermediary-liability regime, and its erosion under the IT Rules, 2021, turns on this provision. Example: Safe harbour claimed by social-media platforms.
• Fake news: Fake news is deliberately fabricated or misleading information spread with the intent to deceive, harm or manipulate public opinion. Example: viral WhatsApp forwards that mobilised lynch mobs on false child-kidnapping rumours.
• Deepfake: A deepfake is synthetic audio, video or imagery generated by machine-learning models that convincingly impersonates a real person. Example: AI-generated videos of public figures circulated during elections.
• Algorithmic radicalisation: Algorithmic radicalisation is the process by which users are nudged towards extreme ideologies through personalised, engagement-maximising recommendations. Example: video-platform feeds that progressively serve more extreme political content.
• Information warfare: Information warfare is the strategic use of information, media and digital platforms to shape perceptions, influence public opinion and achieve political or military objectives through propaganda, misinformation and psychological manipulation. Example: state-run influence campaigns around modern conflicts.
• Echo chamber: An echo chamber is a closed information environment in which users encounter only views that confirm their existing beliefs, hardening polarisation. Example: partisan social-media groups where dissenting voices are filtered out.
• Filter bubble: A filter bubble is the personalised information universe created by recommendation algorithms that show users only content matching their past behaviour. Example: two users searching the same event seeing entirely different news slants.
• Social media exploitation: Social media exploitation is the use of social platforms by hostile actors for recruitment, propaganda, fundraising or operational coordination against national security. Example: terror outfits using encrypted messaging apps to radicalise and recruit youth.
• Liar's dividend: The liar's dividend is the benefit wrongdoers gain once convincing deepfakes circulate: genuine evidence can be dismissed as fake. Example: a public figure disowning authentic footage by claiming it is AI-generated.

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